doobin
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I bought a new 86 the other week. It does seem a bit bunged up. The one it replaced was less than a year old though, and seemed much better. So it could just be running in as they are theoretically exactly the same model nine months apart? My latest MS181 took about two months of intermittent use to really run in. Could be a 2-mix thing.
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You local dealer may well make more profit on a discounted Solo than a RRP Stihl. Solo are like Mitox- better than your usual Chinese junk, but still pants compared to Stihl. I'd be going for an MS181 or possibly an Echo given the 5 year warranty for domestic use and recent positive reviews of their pro saws.
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Fair points re compaction, but if you can only get a bit out at a time behind the quad is it economically viable? A 4wd compact on wide tyres is pretty good, and a tracked dumper the best for small scale work in my experience.
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So long as the arisings are burnt on the site they are produced, it's fine. EA D7 exemption. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/74363-legalities-burning.html
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These are pretty handy for this sort of thing: 833133A 300Kg 0.3 T Electronic Digital Portable Hanging Crane Scale LCD Display | eBay
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If you spend five minutes with a small tooth bucket scraping off the soil, you should be able to clamp something of that size between the blade and bucket on a 1.5t without much trouble. Especially if you relieve some weight by chainsawing the clean portion off. It's even easier with a ripper tooth on as you can hook it into the rootball, giving you a solid point of lift on the jib but with the weight back towards the machine. I really recommend a ripper if you do much stumping, the difference between the ripper and even the smallest digging bucket is night and day. Clamping between the blade and jib probably doesn't do your running gear many favours, but for the odd stump the profit on that job outweighs that.
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Please don't tell me you dug that out with the grading bucket. Frickin animal.
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I picked up an old Kubota 2 ton tracked dumper for 2k. Will get through anything and leave hardly a mark. Nice flat load deck for stacking timber on, tip to unload. Are you near Sussex at all? Welcome to have a play with it it you are.
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That does sound like a hell of a punishment for the poor little tractor. Do you reckon it would be possible to adjust the electro-hydraulic PTO engagement?
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To be fair, if your business model involves new kit under warranty, and moved on before hassles really start, then why would you bother? Nothing wrong with being an exceptional operator. Just the same as plenty of folk use book-keepers and accountants, even though it's fairly easy to do yourself. I will admit that I'm the complete opposite. Lathe, milling machine and the plasma cutter as as important as diesel for keeping my junk running :lol:
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Bulkhead is do-able, but you might as well do it properly and that's a fair bit of work to get it uncovered.
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I wouldn't want to pay that much for it. It needs a good sandblast and paintjob or the rust will really start to take hold.
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Indeed. Remove, stick them in the post 1st class. Then they can measure them with the proper tools, well worth the cost of a stamp. For other simple things like batteries, filters, oils and greases, your local motor factors is worth a ring. Mine deliver usually within a couple of hours of me ringing. Saves me absolutely hours in time, I really recommend it. I can even get chainsaw oil from them.
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Well yeah, why not? They cost about the same to buy. Quad can't tow as much, can't run implements, runs on expensive petrol, and is ripe for thieving. It's advantage is low ground pressure (which of course means it can't tow as much) and speed. Which you don't need on 2 acres It beats me why people buy huge 800cc quads for 'woodland work' when a 4wd compact tractor will piss all over them. Quads are designed to get a man and a few tools across difficult terrain, which they excel at. They're not the best tool for moving timber, despite what the glossy brochures say. With a tractor you can load the timber mechanically with rear forks, and then the weight is on the machine aiding traction. Adding a trailer full of timber to a low ground pressure quad is counter-intuitive to the original design of the vehicle. If it's solely to move timber, a 4WD site dumper can be had cheap also?
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As others have gone on to point out again, cutting and feeding large amounts of Rhodi through a chipper is labour intensive due the the way it grows and tbh, pretty pointless. If you want it out properly you need to grub it. Can't chip roots, so burn or tub grinder. Or a mulcher of course A bigger chipper is not the answer. If you've quoted for it, then take the above advice. If you're on day rate, plod along with your wee chipper.
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If you're working a woodland, a small tractor is far more productive and cheaper to run. If you must have a quad, then you won't go wrong with anything Japanese.
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Any reason you can't just rip it up and burn it? Rhodi is a nightmare to try to chip anyway.
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:lol:
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I bet the bungalow isn't 250-300 years old... A bit of chicken of the woods doesn't strike me as rendering a yew inherently unsafe. It's not like a big old oak or ash which could drop a major limb.
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If you've got the contracts and payment terms laid out then you may be able to get a startup loan I would have thought. Presume this is for your planting work? Do you need to take on staff straight away?
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You can buy Chinese replacement batteries for the Makita LXT that work well. About £40. My 6 year old 3-speed Makita is battered like you wouldn't believe but just keeps going.
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If it's just for a towing and then loading a mill, I'd say a farm tractor a rear mounted forklift would be your best bet. Sounds like you need the load capacity of a telehandler but not the reach? Rear forklift will lift an awful lot, and you can hitch a trailer behind it. All old Matbros are a pig on the road. Tractors are far better for roadwork.
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That's not urban! Despite what others are saying, a grapple is cheap and will give you instant 'grab and lift' capabilities to get you started. That and five buckets is better than the average builder. I'm with Eddie on the machine though, it's not a good spec for tree work.
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Surely the factory could just tell the dealer to go forth and multiply?
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If the saw is to be dedicated to the mill, then I'd assume the more power the better (and bigger oiler)?
